Tuesday, November 8, 2016

Rasheen Aldridge, right, with Bruce Franks Jr., has been elected to the St. Louis' Democratic Party's central committee.

New blood is coming to the St. Louis Democratic Party: Rasheen Aldridge handily defeated Rodney Hubbard Sr. in a revote tonight.

Aldridge took 60.3 percent of the vote compared to Hubbard's 38.6 percent — with a margin of 708 votes, according to final but unofficial totals posted tonight.

The decisive victory ends a contentious chapter for St. Louis' Democrats.

Aldridge, a young activist appointed to serve on the Ferguson Commission, was one of a slate of progressive reformers taking on the city's Democratic Party establishment in August. The reformers, inspired in part by Bernie Sanders' run for the presidency, aimed to take seats on the party's central committee.